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Promising his companion, Peri, high society elegance in fin-de-siecle London, the Doctor manages to hit the right time, but the wrong place... The TARDIS has landed on the sun-baked veldt in the middle of a Boer War skirmish. And soon the Doctor and Peri are involved in the adventures of a struggling politician and war correspondent who they know is destined for greater things – a certain Winston Churchill. But mysterious forces seem to be interfering in his potentially great career... Arriving in London, the Doctor and Peri enter high society but find themselves in a world of intrigue populated by notorious figures from Wallis Simpson to Joachim von Ribbentrop. And behind everything, the Doctor senses the hidden hand of the Players - mysterious beings who regard human history as no more than a chess board. Can the Doctor and Peri find the right moves to defeat them - before it's too late? Featuring the Sixth Doctor, this adventure takes place between the two TV stories The Mark of the Rani and The Two Doctors. |  Cover courtesy of Howe's Who | |||
Copyright © Terrance Dicks, 1999 Originally Released: April 5, 1999
Doctor Who series copyright © British Broadcasting Corporation 1963 | Imaging by Black Sheep Copyright © BBC 1998 
ISBN 0 563 55573 4 (BBC edition 1999) | |||
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